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Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community - PyTennessee 2015
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Stronger Than Fear Mental Health in the Developer Community Ed
Finkler • @funkatron • funkatron.com PyTennessee 2015 • #pyTN2015
Who I am
An informal survey
My diagnoses
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Adult ADHD
Meds I take
Lexapro Buspar Strattera Klonopin
I see a therapist
Feeling alone/unlike anyone else
I'm broken and I will never be right
How it affects us
1 in 5
Level of disability
Disease burden
Economic Cost http://www.fccmh.org/resources/docs/EconomicBurdenofMentalIllness.pdf ๏ Mental health conditions are the second
leading cause of workplace absenteeism ๏ Workers w/ depression lose 5.6 hrs/week Workers w/o depression lose 1.5 hrs/week ๏ Depression: $43.7 billion in absenteeism from work (200m days lost), lost productivity & direct treatment
Mental Health in Tech Survey Results US Non-self employed only;
as of 9/13/2014 http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog Do you feel that your employer takes mental health
as seriously as physical health?
Do you think that discussing a health issue with your
employer would have negative consequences? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Would you bring up a health issue with a potential
employer in an interview? Mental Physical http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Do you know the options for mental health care your
employer provides? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Does your employer provide resources to learn more about mental
health issues and how to seek help? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Is your anonymity protected if you choose to take advantage
of mental health or substance abuse treatment resources? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Don't know Very easy Somewhat easy Somewhat difficult Very difficult
How easy is it for you to take medical leave for a mental health condition? http://j.mp/osmisurveyblog
Sick workers don’t work
41%
8 years
Making your workplace safe
1. Get Buy-In From C-level
2. Mental Health First Aid mentalhealthfirstaid.org info@mentalhealthfirstaid.org 202.684.3736 All supervisors/managers
3. Know Local Resources nami.org mentalhealthamerica.net
4. Know Your Coverage
5. Actively Engage and Educate Get help from local orgs
We cannot stay silent http://www.actupny.org/reports/silencedeath.html
I need your help. Talk. Share. Learn. prompt.engineyard.com osmihelp.org mentalhealthfirstaid.org
Thank you Camille Wilson Johanna Wu
Thank you for listening funkatron.com/osmi • osmihelp.org